Test your basic knowledge |

Comptia Project + Project Management

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






2. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance






3. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.






4. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






5. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






6. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






7. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones






8. Collection of schedule activity dependencies that makes up a project schedule network diagram






9. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






10. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






11. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results






12. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient






13. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






14. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed






15. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






16. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






17. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






18. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.






19. Narrative description of products - services or results






20. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






21. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






22. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu






23. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






24. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th






25. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level






26. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






27. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk






28. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






29. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






30. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






31. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.






32. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.






33. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.






34. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






35. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






36. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






37. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities






38. A general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks - ideas or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts






39. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






40. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






41. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






42. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic






43. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co






44. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.






45. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans






46. The process of completing each project procurement






47. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






48. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






49. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project






50. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system